A store increases the price of a sweater from $20 to $22.

What is the percent of increase?

Answers choices are 0.1, 0.2, 2, 9, 10, 20

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Abdiel Foster

22 October, 23:44

A store increases the price of a sweater from $20 to $22.

What is the percent of increase?

Answers choices are 0.1, 0.2, 2, 9, 10, 20

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Houston Shannon · Answer 1

The sweater was increased in price by 10 percent.

Beast · Answer 2

Percent increase : (new number - original number) / (original number) ... x 100

(22 - 20) / 20 = 2/20 = 0.1 ... 0.1 x 100 = 10 ... so there is a 10% increase

A store increases the price of a sweater from $20 to $22.What is the percent of increase?Answers choices are 0.1, 0.2, 2, 9, 10, 20

A store increases the price of a sweater from $20 to $22.

What is the percent of increase?

Answers choices are 0.1, 0.2, 2, 9, 10, 20